
WhatsApp becomes the doctor’s office in Turn.io’s voice AI play
Praekelt-founded platform Turn.io has named Anthropic and ElevenLabs as partners for its 2026 health accelerator.
TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026, 01:24

Praekelt-founded platform Turn.io has named Anthropic and ElevenLabs as partners for its 2026 health accelerator.

Smaller operators are struggling to find tenants while hyperscale operators pull further ahead, according to a new study.

OpenAI has fallen short of its goals for new users and revenue in recent months, according to a new report.

Taylor Swift’s filings are aimed at testing whether trademark law can do what copyright cannot in the AI era.

Positions ‘terminated, effective immediately’, says email to scientists sent on president’s behalf, in move labelled ‘dangerous attack’ on US innovation
The Trump administration has fired members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Members of the National Science Board received an email on Friday sent from the Presidential Personnel Office “on behalf...

Social media is awash with content about food intolerances and the symptoms to look out for. But figuring out whether you actually have one, and what’s triggering it, is surprisingly difficult. One avenue people are gravitating towards is at-home testing. Madeleine Finlay sits down with health and lifestyle journalist Rebecca Seal to unpick the science behind these tests. Rebecca explains how...
The widening movement is pulling in people from all walks of life, united by a worry that Big Tech will cash in while average Americans bear the costs.

The solution to today’s puzzle
Earlier today I asked you this slippery question. Here it is again with the solution.
Snakes in a cage
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After once backing liberal causes, the Google co-founder has praised President Trump, donated to Republicans and spent $57 million to try to block a California billionaire tax.
Oakland, Calif., where Elon Musk’s trial against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, starts on Monday, is not exactly known as a hub of the tech industry.
The impact of the ruling was not immediately clear, but it could send a chilling signal to Chinese tech founders seeking to team up with foreign companies.
Microsoft, OpenAI’s biggest financial partner, will to continue to license the start-up’s technology but will no longer be its exclusive licensee.

Industry warns national treasury’s biggest exchange-control rewrite in 60 years could undo South Africa’s hard-won crypto gains.

The bitter legal fight between Elon Musk and OpenAI may come down to a few pages in one executive’s personal diary.

Experts say counterfeits lack UV filters, increasing the risk of eye damage, and urge shoppers to check for safety marks
While many will be enjoying the spring sunshine, experts have cautioned against wearing fake designer sunglasses, warning they could do more harm than good.
As the College of Optometrists notes, sunglasses not only protect the eyes against glare on sunny days, but can also...

It comes after months of scrutiny by Chinese regulators over deal struck with Facebook owner.

The horror of sports lessons put three in 10 of British 50 to 65-year-olds off exercise for life. I wish I’d known sooner that movement can feel so good
Surprising news: three in 10 50- to 65-year-olds in a recent Age UK survey said school sports memories had put them off exercise “for life”. Only three in 10? When it comes to exercise, there are surely two kinds of people – the handful...

This puzzle has bite
Did you hear about the snake that liked maths?
I’m sure you did – it’s one of the oldest jokes in the book.*
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Study finds monitoring and adjustment of medication where needed can help protect mothers’ heart health
New mothers who had hypertension in pregnancy could reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke and potentially early death through daily blood pressure checks at home, research suggests.
Women who regularly monitored their blood pressure in the weeks after giving birth, and had doctors tailor...

Recognised since antiquity, the constellation has a rich mythological tradition
The northern hemisphere’s spring evenings are dominated by the unmistakable outline of Leo, one of the few constellations that resembles the creature it represents, the lion.
Leo is most easily identified by its distinctive “backwards” question mark, referred to by astronomers as the “sickle” asterism and...

Prendwick, Northumberland: On a crisp, cold walk, I’m reminded that winter still clings on, and that familiar constellations are far from alone
The red sun rising over the radar station on Alnwick Moor picks out the tall shape of a hare at our end of the meadow. It lopes forward a little way – forever appearing, as hares always do, to be on the brink of a forward roll – and then pauses,...